Importing HDV into iMovie, playback turns into fast motion

Everything was going fine..
connecting, recognise the jvc ji hd100, importing the hdv 720p 50/25 clips,
but then when playback, i found out the clips imported was in fast motion..
tried most combinations i can possibly think of,
also changing the cam settings,
didn't work out tho.
stil trying hard..
anyone? many thanks!

Before importing JVC HDV 720p you must select HDV 720p in the 'Create new project' dialogue box:
..otherwise it will play at double-speed!
(..That's because the JVC version of HDV, i.e; 720p, uses single "progressive" - i.e; entire - frames, instead of two interlaced fields per frame.
The fast playback is caused by iMovie playing two frames one after the other as if they were fields. If you choose 720p before importing, all should be well..)

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